Brown Cane Cube Sugar - European Score 100/100

European Score analysis

Brown Cane Cube Sugar by Agrana, sold in Hungary and Romania and manufactured in Austria, achieves the maximum European Score of 100. The breakdown assigns 35 points for European company headquarters, 35 points for Austrian manufacturing, 10 points for ingredients, 15 points for distribution, and 5 points for proximity, with no certifications contributing to the total. The origins note Swaziland as the source of the cane sugar, which is typical for cane sugar products globally, as sugar cane is not cultivated in Europe. No additional quality or sustainability labels are recorded.

Within the cane sugars category, this product ranks at the 87th percentile across 183 assessed products, meaning it outperforms 87% of a very large peer group. This is a strong performance in one of the most extensively assessed categories in the dataset.

For European-minded shoppers, the nuance here lies in understanding what the score measures. The cane sugar ingredient itself originates from Swaziland — a geographical necessity given that cane sugar cannot be grown in Europe — but the manufacturing and processing take place in Austria, and the company is headquartered in Europe. The full ingredients score of 10 suggests that this non-European raw material origin does not reduce the ingredient component, likely because the processing transformation occurs within Europe. Shoppers who prioritise European processing, Austrian manufacturing, and a clear Central European supply chain for this category of product will find Agrana's offering a well-placed and consistently high-scoring option.